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Middlefork Savanna Forest Preserve

Middlefork Greenway

4.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Middlefork Greenway is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Middlefork Savanna Forest Preserve near Melody, IL. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi663 – 699 ft5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.25866, -87.88110
Nearest town Melody, IL
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Middlefork Greenway

4.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Elevation 664–698 ft

Out & Back · Middlefork Savanna Forest Preserve

Trailhead: 42.25866, -87.88110

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Middlefork Greenway, heading NW.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  3. 0.5 miSharp right, heading N.
  4. 1.8 miReach Middlefork Greenway, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1.8 miTurn right, heading S.
  6. 0.5 miBear right, heading SE.
  7. 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/middlefork-greenway-out-back-8-km-b076

Trail surface

94% gravel6% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.3 mi in (~56 min). Leave by 5:36 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:04 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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